Golf club



Sept. 11, 1928. I 1,684,278

A. B. HORNE GOLF CLUB Filed D90. 14, 1927 I N VEN TOR,

Patented Sept. 1-1, 1928.

UNITED STATES ARCHIBALD B. HORNE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

GOLF CL B.

Application filed December 14, 1927. Serial No. 239,908.

This invention relates to improvements in golf clubs and moreparticularly to improvements in the shafts of the club. An object of thepresent invent-ion is; to provide safety 5 means for preventing the headfromv flying off in the event of the breaking of the shaft and possiblyinfect-ing serious injury to nearby persons. It is a well known factthat the metal tubing comprising the golf club shaft often breaks andthe head becomes separated when a drive is made carrying a portion ofthe shaft with it. v

The invention broadly comprises a cable of suitable material which. islocated Within the metal't-ubing of the shaft. One end of this cable ispermanently attached to the upper end of the shaft and the other ispermanently attached to the lower end of the shaft, whereby when thehead and shaft become detached the cable would prevent the head fromflying off and possibly injuring nearby persons. Other objects andnature of my invention will appear in the body of the specification andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: 4

Fig. 1 is an e-levational view partially in section, showing the shaftof the club and the safety cable located therein.

7 Fig. 2 is a detailed sectional view of one end of the tubular shaftillustrating the manner of attaching this cable to the tubing. Referringto the drawings in detail: I

1 designates the metal tubular-shaft of the club which is made of steeltubing, or the alloy known as duraluminum or other alloy aluminum, orother suitably sp-ringy material. .2 is the head portion of the club t'owhich the tubing 1 is connected in any well.

known manner. The handle portion includes a winding 3 for the purpose ofproviding a good gripping surface, 4 designates the safety cable whichis located within the tubing 1. This, cable, is composed of a bendablematerial such as steel strip, woven wire, an alloy of metal fibre, orother flexible material. This cable or safety device is attached at ornear the opposite ends of the tubular shaft'l by means of a series ofopenings 5 through which the ends of thecable are passed as shown inFig. 2, by threading it through these openings first in one directionand then in the other, or opposite direction, as shown.

Located midway of the length of the cable l is a loop 6 for the purposeof supplying additional length thereto, Thisloop-m y if 16" sired besecured to the inside of the tubing bymeans of glue or other suitablemeans for the purpose of preventing noise or rattlingwhen theclub isin'use; Should the head 2 become detached from the shaft 1, when in use,as for instance, at the point indicated by theline 66, the cable l'wouldprevent the head from flying off and operate as a safety I device. It isto'be understood that I do not limit myself to any particular materialof which'the cable is composed, as I may if de sired utilize animal orvegetable fibrous sub stances, woven wire, a woven tubing which isconnected at its opposite ends to the upper and lower ends of theshaft.

From this description it will be seen that i for the purpose set forthabove.

What I claim is:

1. A golf club comprising a tubular shaf member, a head to which theshaft is attached, means located within the shaft and connected at itsopposite ends to the shaft for preventing the flying off of the head inthe event of thebreaking of the shaft.

2. A golf club construction comp-rising a tubular shaft member, aflexible member located'within the tubular shaft and having its lowerend connected at or'near its head portion and its upper end connected ator near the handle portion for preventing the head from flying off inthe; event of the breaking of l the shaft.

3. A shaft for golf clubs comprising. metal tubing, a wire of Wovenmaterial secured at its opposite ends tothe shaft.

' 4. A shaft for golf clubs comprising ame tallic tubular member, aflexible member therein and formed with a loop intermediate of its endsand connectedto the ends of the tubular member, whereby the normalflexure of the shaft will be maintained.

5. In a golf club, the combinationwith the head and a hollow shaft, amember located within the hollow shaft and attached atits ends to thehandle and club head, and means ABGHIBALD B. Home.

